Mycoplasma bovis: To eradicate or not to eradicate
COMMENT: New Zealand has a big decision to make about Mycoplasma bovis.
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Talking Point: Pleased by desire to avoid further disruption
Pleased by desire to avoid further disruption.
Jamie Mackay: Is Labour anti-farming?
Opinion: Jamie Mackay shares an interesting excerpt from his interview with David Parker.
Wise: Some goats should remain nameless
Newest goat's days on farm numbered after his persistent forays into greener pastures.
Lashing Out: The harsh truth about women's rugby
The Country's Sam Casey says pay parity in sport isn't a gender issue.
Opinion: How to manage your farm in the face of uncertainty
ANZ's Mark Hiddleston writes, "farming is often the art of managing the uncontrollable."
Letters: Kumara growers struggling to get seasonal workers
Kumara growers say this is the worst season ever for getting workers to harvest the crop.
Scrapping it out over the scrap bin
Yes, it's every animal for itself, down on the lifestyle block.
Dr Doug Edmeades: The threat of irrational environmentalism
Dr Edmeades is concerned "extreme, irrational, environmentalism" is stopping progress.
Walter Breustedt: Oil and gas ban a wakeup call
Government must bring the electricity industry to the negotiation table.
Letters: Kauri resin extraction 'win-win' idea a PR exercise
Ngai Takoto were not given the chance to fight the mining of Kaimaumau for kauri resin.
Rowena Duncum: No Meat May - the ultimate challenge
The Country's Executive Producer is having second thoughts about No Meat May.
The Blame Game: NZ Agriculture as scapegoat
Opinion: NZ agriculture treated as a scapegoat by our politicians and lobby groups.
It happened one Monday
Sorry I didn't wave back to the kind people who tooted - I didn't have a spare hand.
Letters: Keep Rural Health Alliance going
Federated Farmer's Katie Milne is calling to keep the Rural Health Alliance going.
If Christchurch can do it, why can't we?
Talking Point: If Christchurch can do it, why can't we?
Rural Ramblings: Rumours of death greatly exaggerated
Wet towels and fewer flies mark the change of season, writes Julie Patton.
Hosking: Govt's exploration ban a pig of a policy
COMMENT: Taranaki's mayor is right - Govt decision to halt new exploration hurts region.
Opinion: Duck-shooting interferes with club rugby season
Terry O'Neill reckons duck-shooting interferes with club rugby throughout the regions.
Paul Dykes: Right environment for change
OPINION: Environment now outranks terrorism as a global threat.
Bala Tikisetty: Decide on winter practices for farms now
The winter season is now around the corner and who knows what that will bring!
O'Sullivan: Ardern's oil ban short-sighted
COMMENT: Announcement clearly timed to build up her international reputation.
Dr Doug Edmeades: Should methane be included in the ETS?
OPINION: Dr Edmeades questions the inclusion of methane in the Emissions Trading Scheme.
Sir Colin Meads and an agrarian 'Double All Black'
Jamie meets a few legends (past and present) at the New Zealand Shearing Championships.
Ewan McGregor: Tread carefully with rates rises
Environmentalism comes at a cost, but why should farmers bear more, asks Ewan McGregor.
The Country side with Rae Roadley: Better to be late
Without thinking, without looking, I braked and pulled over.
Don't ask for whom the ball bounces ...
He's only a small horse but when he landed on my bare foot he felt quite big.
Letters: Raw milk has benefits
Raw milk is classed as a complete food and is very good for you, says a reader.
David Broome: Plastic bags are not our biggest problem
COMMENT: Supermarket plastic bags have much more than a single use.
This month in the garden
It's harvest time in the vege garden. Or so the gardening books tell me.
Letters: Stop poisoning the land with chemicals
Nearly all the numerous poisons used by agriculture here are neuro-toxic, says a reader.
Cow cull chance to evaluate farming
COMMENT: Culling dairy cows is an opportunity to change our farm products.